Apple announced the iPhone 5, a redesigned Smartphone and equipped with iOS 6

After a quick update on the iPad market, Apple announced publicly the iPhone 5, which has a 4” screen and 1136×640 pixels resolution. The size of the screen allows, according to Apple, for a new row of icons to be displayed.  Similar to other products by the company, the iPhone 5 screen is Retina: 326ppi.

It is 18% skinnier than the iPhone 4S: barely 7.6 millimeters. A major part of this improvement is fie to the size of the processor, 22% smaller. Also, as was expected, Apple added the touch -sensitive layer on the screen, allowing for a thinner panel.

The processor used by the iPhone 5 is the Apple A6, twice as fast as the previous model and also with graphics twice as better to the previous model. According to Apple, the iPhone 5 is the first smartphone to have the same graphics as a video game console.

Another aspect improved by Apple was the camera: 8 megapixels with a five element lens. It also added a dynamic new picture shooting option to take photos in low lighted environments

Another major improvement is the 40 % reduction in the time it takes to capture an image.

The iPhone 5 also features Apple’s Shared Photo Streams, a function that makes it simpler to share pictures. The camera in the iPhone 5 is capable of taking panoramic photos of 28 megapixels. The IPhone 5 can record in Full HD (1080p), it includes an improve stabilizer and Face Time through 3G networks. It has a camera on the front of 720p.

The new cellphone by Apple has three microphones and improved noise canceling technology. On the other hand, Apple confirmed that it reduced the size of its classic connector. The new one is called Lighting. The company will sell an adaptor so that users will not suffer too much from the change.

The iPhone 5 uses iOS 6, the latest operations system from the company for all of its mobile devices that also feature its new 3D maps application.

In other news from the presentation is the new interface for iTunes and the App Store, available with the iOS 6. “The new interface us dramatically much simpler”, said Tim Cook, Apple CEO, and explained that from now on the iCloud would be inside of iTunes. The store would also integrate Facebook’s “Like”, a feature that is used by Google in its +1 in the Google Play store.

The iPhone 5 will be available for $199 for the 16 GB, $299n for the 32 GB and $399 for the 64 GB at AT&T with a two year contract. Finally, Grohl & Co closed the iPhone 5 presentation with great music and Tim Cook thanked everyone for having been present at the event.

The company used the launch of the iPhone 5 to also introduce its new design of its classic headphones. According to Apple, the EarPods are more stable and durable. “The engineers at Apple asked over 600 people to test the Earpods by having them place them in their ears and take them off over 100 times. They tested them on treadmills, in extremely cold and hot conditions, in aerobic training sessions and by head shaking, side to side and up and down. Result: the EarPods are more resistant to sweat and water, they stick incredibly well and they do not fall off no matter how much you move”, said the company.